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Schedule at-a-glance

Kindly note that this schedule is subject to change and should not be treated as final until notified otherwise.

The times indicated are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

All locations referenced are based at the Goethe University Frankfurt (Campus Westend, Theodor-W.-Adorno Platz 6) unless specified otherwise.

Sunday 18 August
16:00 – 21:00 Arrival, campus tour and welcome receptions
Monday 19 August
Theme: Approaches and methods in the study of parliaments
09:00 – 11:00 Classic approaches and new frontiers
11:00 – 13:00 Computational analysis of legislative behavior
Sven-Oliver Proksch, University of Cologne
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 17:00 Participant presentations
Tuesday 20 August
Theme: The representative function of parliaments
09:00 – 12:00 Descriptive representation
Jessica Fortin-Rittberger, University of Salzburg
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Participant presentations
Wednesday 21 August
Theme: The representative function of parliaments
09:00 – 12:00 The responsiveness of parliaments
Shane Martin, University of Essex
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Participant presentations
16:00 – 17:00 How to get published
Thursday 22 August
Theme: The representative function of parliaments
09:00 – 12:00 Beliefs about parliaments and MPs
Helene Pedersen, Aarhus University
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Participant presentations
16:00 – 17:00 How to finish a dissertation
Friday 23 August
Theme: Legislative recruitment and careers
09:00 – 12:00 Who enters parliaments, why, and with what effects?
Tiffany Barnes, University of Kentucky
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 16:00 Participant presentations
16:00 – 17:00 How to get published
Saturday 24 August
Theme: Governance and Parliaments
09:00 – 12:00 Government formation and stability
Maria Thuerk, University of Basel
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Participant presentations
Sunday 25 August
Time off for participants to explore Frankfurt
Monday 26 August
Theme: Governance and Parliaments
09:00 – 12:00 Opposition in Parliaments (Legislative Organization)
Tom Louwerse, Leiden University
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Participant presentations
Tuesday 27 August
Trip to Wiesbaden to State Parliament of Hesse
Wednesday 28 August
Theme: Governance and Parliaments
09:00 – 12:00 Polarization in Parliaments
Markus Wagner, University of Vienna
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 17:00 Participant presentations
Thursday 29 August
10:00 – 12:00 Optional visit to Frankfurt Assembly